Nearly two years ago, Jaycee Dugard was discovered living in a shed in the backyard of the man who abducted her at the age of 11 and is the father of her two daughters.
Now that her court case against Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy has been settled with a guilty plea, Dugard is telling her own story in a book to be published by Simon & Schuster on July 12 called A Stolen Life.
The public hunger for details about the Dugard case creates even more parallels to Emma Donoghue’s bestseller, Room, which was inspired by a similar case in Austria. Hopefully Dugard, who has not spoken publicly or given interviews since her recovery, is prepared for the media onslaught that will doubtless ensue once the book is published.
Are you interested in reading Dugard’s memoir?
I have to say I am not interested in reading Jaycees story. The absolute horror and pain she has and will always experience does not create a viable reading source for me. That animal defiled her youth, her innocence, her self esteem and self worth and has done damage that no amount of therapy can help. I ache for her and her children.My empathy abounds with her and she remains in my prayers.